DocumentCode :
661150
Title :
A study on trends of mobile application usage and their distribution methods in Pakistan
Author :
Habib, Hina ; Ateeq, Muhammad ; Bajwa, Imran Sarwar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Technol., Islamia Univ. of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
fYear :
2013
fDate :
10-12 Sept. 2013
Firstpage :
341
Lastpage :
345
Abstract :
Journey from calculators to computers has seen remarkable success. World has now gone mobile from being fixed-ended. And mobility seems to be promising to provide the computing facilities with same richness. Today, mobile phones and smart phones in particular mean a lot more than just a mean of communication. Numerous mobile applications have become an inevitable part of everyday life. With ever increasing number and types of these applications, distribution methods used for these applications become important. In this study we have conducted a survey to examine some basic trends in usage of mobile applications and different methods for their distribution on the mobile phones. Statistics reveal that most of the distribution methods available are almost equally used.
Keywords :
smart phones; Pakistan; computing facility; distribution methods; mobile application usage; mobile phones; smart phones; Bluetooth; Internet; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Mobile handsets; Power cables; Universal Serial Bus; Distribution Method; Mobile Application; Usage frequency;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Digital Information Management (ICDIM), 2013 Eighth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Islamabad
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0613-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICDIM.2013.6693976
Filename :
6693976
Link To Document :
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